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Catalogue entry

FWN 1515
Le Château de Fontainebleau
1904–05
Alternate titles: Château de Fontainebleau; Château de Montegeroult; Das Schloss von Fontaineblau; Vue du château de Montgeroult
Rewald (W628); Venturi revised: 1898; Venturi (925): 1899; Ratcliffe: 1904–05
Graphite and watercolor on paper
17 5/16 x 21 5/8 in. (44 x 55 cm)
Private collection, Germany

Keywords

Provenance
Paul Cézanne fils, Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (November 12, 1927)
Private collection, Paris
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France, March 9, 1961, no. A (ill. as from the collection of the late M. Farra)
Heinz Berggruen, Paris
André Weil (Galerie Matignon), Paris
Stephen Hahn, New York
Private collection, Germany
Exhibition History
1931a Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Cézanne, May 18–29, 1931.
1963f New York
Knoedler Galleries, New York, Cézanne Watercolors, April 2–20, 1963, no. 43, pl. XLIII, (dated 1895-1900), as Château de Fontainebleau, 1895-1900, lent by Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
1964 Kassel
Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, Documenta III, Internationale Ausstellung, Handzeichnungen, June 27–October 5, 1964, no. 1, ill., p. 30.
1971 Paris
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, Aquarelles de Cézanne: au profit de la fondation des journalistes, January 12–March 13, 1971, no. 12, as Château de Fontainebleau, 1895-1900, coll. Heinz Berggruen, Paris.
1973 Newcastle upon Tyne and traveling
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 100, ill. in b/w, and ill. in color p. 17, catalogue note: p. 170, as Château de Fontainebleau, lent by Private collection, Paris. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
1974 Tokyo and traveling
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Cézanne, March 30–May 19, 1974, no. 85, ill., as Le Château de Fontainebleau, 1904-05, lent by Heinz Berggruen,Paris. Traveled to: Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan, June 1–July 17, 1974; Cultural Center, Fukuoka, Japan, July 24–August 18, 1974.
1999–2000 Riehen/Basel
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland, Cézanne und die Moderne, October 10, 1999–January 9, 2000, no. 48, ill. in color, p. 46, as Le Château de Fontainebleau, 1904/05, lent by Private collection.
2000–01 Berlin
Nationalgalerie Berlin, Berlin, Cézanne in Berlin. 28 Werke aus den Staatlichen Museen und aus Privatbesitz, October 6, 2000–January 14, 2001, no. 26, ill.
2011–12 Tübingen
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso & Co., September 17, 2011–January 29, 2012, listed p. 283, ill. p. 73, as Das Schloss von Fontaineblau, 1905, lent by Private collection.
2017–18 Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany, Cézanne - Metamorphosen, October 28, 2017–February 11, 2018, no. 97, ill.
2021a New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cézanne Drawing, June 6–September 25, 2021, pl. 188, Private collection.
Published References
Lehel 1930
Lehel, Ferenc. Morphologie comparée des arts: avec une esquisse d'un système évolutif. Paris: Edition de Style, 1930, pp. 95-96, fig. 67 pl. XXI, as Aquarelle de Paul Cézanne.
Faure 1936
Faure, Élie. Cézanne. Paris: Editions Braun, 1936, pl. 77.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 925, ill. vol. II, as Château de Montegeroult.
Novotny 1938
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne und das Ende der wissenschaftlichen Perspektive. Vienna: Anton Schroll, 1938, list of motifs: no. 116.
Siblík 1969
Siblík, Jiří. Paul Cézanne: Kresby [Drawings]. Prague: Odeon, 1969, fig. 40.
Sérullaz 1971
Sérullaz, Maurice. Cézanne: quinze aquarelles reproduites en facsimilé. Paris: Daniel Jacomet, 1971, pl. 11, as Vue du château de Montgeroult, 1899.
Wadley 1973
Wadley, Nicholas. "Cézanne Water-colours and Drawings at the Hayward Gallery." The Burlington Magazine 115, no. 849 (December 1973), p. 831, fig. 108.
Rawson 1974
Rawson, Philipp. "Intimate Scaffolding'/Cézanne's Drawings and Watercolors." International Studio (January 1974), p. 25, ill.
Wadley 1975
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1975, pl. 61, ill.
Rubin, W. 1977a
Rubin, William, ed. Cézanne: The Late Work. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977. Exhibition catalogue, pl. 107.
Rewald 1983a
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 628, ill.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 260, ill., as Le Château de Fontainebleau, 1904-1905.
Wadley 1989
Wadley, Nicholas. Cézanne and His Art. London: Hamlyn, 1989, p. 73, ill. in b/w.
Terrasse 1995
Terrasse, Antoine. Les aquarelles de Cézanne. Paris: Flammarion, 1995, p. 116-17, ill.
Lebensztejn 2006
Lebensztejn, Jean-Claude. Études cézanniennes. Paris: Flammarion, 2006, p. 79, fig. 32.
Dauberville 2020
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 313, ill., as Château de Montegeroult , 1899.
Record last updated March 17, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Château de Fontainebleau, 1904–05 (FWN 1515)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1611 (accessed on May 6, 2024).